BEIJING, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- China will experience higher temperatures across the country over the next few days, the Central Meteorological Center said Saturday.

Temperatures will be 1 to 3 degrees Celsius higher than last year in most regions except some areas in northeast China from Saturday to Tuesday, the center said.

But a strong cold front will bring sharp temperature drops to central and eastern regions starting Thursday, the center said.

On Saturday and Sunday, moderate and heavy snow will fall in southwestern parts of Tibetan Autonomous Region, with its borders expecting snowstorms, it said.

The center forecast rainfall in regions along Yangtze and Huaihe rivers, as well as some northern regions, including Xinjiang Uygur and Inner Mongolia autonomous regions, over the coming ten days.?